WTO awards Brazil retaliation authority

Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs....

Soybeans — U.S. key export supplier

Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network

Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...

$485 million loss – Mississippi

Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM, By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications

Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...

Achievements honor his father

Nov 18, 2009 9:48 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff

A board member at Black Oak Gin found Donnie Kelton. He was in the front seat of his pickup parked on a gravel road about three miles from their home....

Beltwide Cotton Conferences Jan. 4-7

Nov 18, 2009 9:42 AM

It’s difficult to erase the imagery of this season’s Mid-South cotton crop — the scraggly cotton hanging from plants, the chronic mud and the layer of bolls that escaped the picker....

WTO award no win, but no loss

Nov 17, 2009 12:58 PM, By Harry Cline, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The World Trade Organization arbitration report on the infamous Brazilian cotton case says the U.S. will have to forfeit $300 million in export trade to the South American country....

Next farmers – business skills

Nov 17, 2009 10:51 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff

The next generation of farmers will foremost have to be good businessmen — “just being a good producer won’t be enough,” says Jeremy Jack....

$485 million loss – Mississippi

Biofuels goal beyond ethanol

Soybeans — dollar, oil impact